Faculty and Festival Staff
2024 Season
(in alphabetical order)
Julius Abrahams (2023~24)
Instructor
Devon Allen (2018~24)
Lighting Designer
Timothy Cheung (2018~24)
Instructor, Chorus Master (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Music Director of Pre-opera Concerts
Elisa Citterio (2024)
Primo Violino e Capo d’Orchestra (Anna di Resburgo)
Will Crutchfield (2018~24)
Instructor, Maestro al Cembalo (Tancredi, Tancredi Rifatto, La Straniera, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Sonnambula, I Capuleti e i Montecchi), Chorus Master (Maometto Secondo, Poliuto, Crispino e la Comare)
Derrick Goff (2018~24)
Instructor, Chorus Master (Tancredi, Medea in Corinto, Tancredi Rifatto, La Gazza Ladra, La Sonnambula, Anna di Resburgo, I Capuleti e i Montecchi), Assistant Music Director (Anna di Resburgo)
Kris Königin (2022~24)
Company Manager
Marguerite Krull (2018~19, 2024)
Instructor, Agility Bootcamp (2018~19), Assistant Music Director (I Capuleti e i Montecchi)
Jakob Lehmann (2018~24)
Instructor, Primo Violino e Capo d’Orchestra (Tancredi, Medea in Corinto, Tancredi Rifatto, La Straniera, La Gazza Ladra, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Maometto Secondo, I Capuleti e i Montecchi), Primo Violino e Direttore dell’Opera (Poliuto)
Cynthia Hennon Marino (2018~24)
Director of Production
Shelby Marquardt (2024)
Production Stage Manager
Marco Nisticò (2018~19, 2024)
Instructor, Stage Director
Adam J. Thompson (2022~24)
Projection Designer
Lucy Tucker Yates (2018~24)
Instructor, Maestro al Cembalo (Maometto Secondo, Anna di Resburgo)
Previous Seasons
(in alphabetical order)
Rachael Beesley (2022)
Primo Violino e Capo d’Orchestra (La Sonnambula)
Jonathan Brandani (2018, 2019, 2023)
Instructor, Maestro al Cembalo (Medea in Corinto; Crispino e la Comare), Maestro al Cembalo e Direttore (Crispino e la Comare)
Juliana Gondek (2018)
Instructor
Doug Han (2023)
Instructor
Rachelle Jonck (2018~19)
Instructor, Maestro al Cembalo (La Gazza Ladra), Role Preparation Project
Jennifer Larmore (2018)
Masterclass Instructor
Georfrey Loff (2022)
Instructor, Chorus Master (Maometto Secondo)
Brandon Shaw McKnight (2022)
Stage Manager
Daniel Mobbs (2019)
Instructor
Adam Nielsen (2019)
Instructor
Scott Purcell (2022)
Instructor
Leo Radosavljevic (2022)
Staff Pianist
Giovanni Reggioli (2018~19)
Instructor
Anthony Rigaglia (2018~21)
Assistant Stage Manager, Company Manager
Rolando Sanz (2018~19)
Instructor, Chorus Master (La Straniera)
Brenna Skinnon (2023)
Stage Manager
Debra Vanderlinde (2018~19)
Instructor
Mattia Venni (2022)
Italian Instructor